WEEK SEVEN: MINGLE

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W̴͍̎E̴̝̊E̸͚͝K̸͕̿ SEVEN: MINGLE

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Good morning, esteemed guests.

Ha. Hahaha.

As you awaken on Monday, you’ll find that things are just as they were the night before. The kitchen will serve piping hot breakfast during the morning hours, the pool’s been stocked with fresh towels and the gardens are open for anyone who wishes to spend some time among nature. However, should you explore a bit, you’ll find that a few new changes have been made to the hotel itself.

Your room service menus are still on your desks if you wish to browse before leaving for the day.

The front door no longer spins endlessly, for one thing. Should you make an attempt to exit the hotel, you will find yourself entering a new location.

In addition, should you enter the elevator you will find...nothing? There are no new buttons. However, if you look on the Mezzanine you will find a few new areas to peruse. These rooms are still locked from the outside, but perhaps you may ask politely and be granted access. In addition, as you explore the hotel you will find that you have now lost access to certain rooms. How odd.

The portraits from the week before continue to hang in various parts of the hallways and in the rooms themselves, continuing to depict innocuous scenes. Like before, if you linger just a touch too long, you'll soon find that you and whomever you're with will be lost in a swirl of shadows and pulled directly into the portrait itself. You will have to find your way out just like before.

Strangely, however, you no longer have that connection with the person you are with. You're no longer in sync, unable to feel their thoughts or movement or really even have to cooperate. Instead, regardless of where you are in the hotel whether it's inside a portrait, a door, or even your own room, you will begin to experience a feeling of numbness. Perhaps it starts in your body, the inability to feel pain or the touch of someone's hand. Maybe it infiltrates your emotions, quieting everything you've been feeling lately to an even, neutral stance. After a while, you may become so numb you feel yourself fading away entirely, a limb slowly being erased, but you can quickly snap back if someone addresses you.

Try to keep yourselves grounded, everyone.

Finally, for those of you with a spare ticket in your pocket, feel free to visit the Starlight Gift Shop, stocked with new items for this week.

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Comments

[unbested]

[ oh this is convenient, he's running in here with a letter! ]

Oh! Uh, okay. But— hey, guys, we got a response about who they want us to bring back!!

[ he will share: ]

We discussed among ourselves, as requested, and have prepared the following list of those of us who would be willing, based off of your criteria:

-Alphinaud
-Bucky
-Claude (who says he is fine either way)
-Emet-Selch (who could not tell you if having a hostage on the staff list may be useful or no, frankly)
-Hope (who has kept extensive notes)
-Zuko.

Additionally:
-Souji (who does not remember his brief time in the hotel, however)
-Sieghart (who has said he would not turn it down)
-Clementine (who volunteered regardless of criteria).

Any of us ought to be able to bring the same information, provided (as mentioned in your discussion) that we recall it. This letter ought to reach four of you in total, to ensure a fast receipt.

-Emet-Selch.

I, um... would personally vote for Bucky and Zuko, I think, which I'll admit is kind of biased... but, um, I-I'm okay with whatever we decide! Probably!

...Except, uh, who is... [ squints ] ...Souji?

[ 100% pronounced "sow-ji" ]

[technocool]

[ in correct pronunciation ]

Souji??? Is that Mr. Chef???

[unbested]

Who?

[technocool]

There's some mysterious chef in the graveyard??

[evocationary]

Maybe don't say these things out loud.

[unbested]

What?

...Oh!

[evocationary]

Yeah. I mean, like. [she waves her hand. it is bleeding.]

What is the point of going to run interference if we just shout to the rooftops. [she seems a little annoyed.]

We can figure this out later.

[skyagain]

... Souji?

[ ???? ]

[unbested]

[ shrugs??? ]

[skyagain]

I guess that was the guy who was sending letters...

[unrecked]

Souji…? Okita Souji, the guy from the island?

[Closes his eyes.]

[preowned]

He was there, too? He was at the castle.

[unsaid]

... Okita Souji....

[hums problematically in sword]

[unrecked]

Yeah, he was.

[outsidebones]

[well. sebastian beat them to it, but - ]

You know him? We were going to ask if anyone did. The dead wrote us the same letter.

[unrecked]

I guess I know one version of him. Okita Souji was on the island with us. Along with Hijikata and a bunch of swords.

[Thumbs at Tsuru and Mikazuki as if to say like them.]

[battling]

[Squints.

Who's Souji????]

[afterword]

[ this letter, hm ]

Think Lup's suggestion earlier works in favor of the list. [ re: emet-selch. alas, aikawa is not on here so they need to decide on a second. ]

[unbested]

Y-yeah, I don't have any to that...

[outsidebones]

I don't know how many times I can say that this isn't a vote...

[aono]

Maybe Bucky should be the second one then, since he got voted out for crimes he didn't commit and all.

[headmt]

I know this is important and all but we do all seem a little unconcerned with the man in the floor compared to this and I'm wondering if we shouldn't, ah, redirect some of this vibrant discussion energy.

[evocationary]

Right, uh. [wrapping her hand in a bedsheet] Okay, so what do we do with the man in the floor? Is there anything?

[unbested]

W-well, I mean, some of us are very concerned about the man in the floor... [ worried look at estelle??? ] ...but I don't really know what to say about that part...

[wisterin]

I do think it's concerning, with all the implications and things that may or may not be said.

At most, it's more if you think he'll be able to... wake up and.... try to put on clothes again.